Schedule Management 20Q Test

This is a randomized 20-question test on Schedule Management KA of PMBoK

Question 1 of 20

The outcome of defining activities is

1. Project activity diagram

2. Activity list

3. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

4. Task breakdown structure

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Question 2 of 20

Which of the following statements is NOT true with respect to activity resource estimation process:

1. Cost is estimated based on activity resource and duration estimates but is fed back to refine activity resource estimation

2. Activity duration estimate is carried out after activity resources are estimated

3. Activity resource estimation is carried out independent of cost estimates

4. The output of the activity resource estimate process includes RBS

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Question 3 of 20

The number of days by which a task can be delayed without delaying any of its successor tasks is called

1. Free Float

2. Total Float

3. Slack

4. Float

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Question 4 of 20

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the float for task D is

1. 2 days

2. 4 days

3. 6 days

4. 8 days

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Question 5 of 20

Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. While estimating the resources, he is identifying the resources for activities at the leaf nodes of the activity breakdown structure and then aggregating the resources at summary activities and then at the project level. What estimation method is Barry likely to be using:

1. Parametric estimation

2. Top down estimation

3. Analogous estimation

4. Bottom up estimation

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Question 6 of 20

A project manager has just defined the activity list for a project. What is the possible process that he should execute next?

1. Estimate resources

2. Sequence activities

3. Estimate durations

4. Estimate cost

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Question 7 of 20

Please refer to the above network diagram. The diagram indicates that between task B and task C

1. Task C must start 5 days before the finish of task B

2. Task C must start before 5 days after the finish of task B

3. There is a lead of 5 days

4. A lag of 5 days has been introduced for the start of task C

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Question 8 of 20

Backward pass is a method

1. To determine the late start and late finish of only the tasks in the critical path

2. To determine the late start and late finish of each task in the network diagram

3. To determine the early start and early finish of all the tasks in the network diagram

4. To determine the float of each task in the critical path

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Question 9 of 20

Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 7 days and the pessimistic estimate is 9 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to PERT distribution?

1. 7.5 days

2. 6.83 days

3. 7 days

4. 6.7 days

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Question 10 of 20

10.

1. It is a network diagram depicting a critical path

2. It is a network diagram depicting a critical chain.

3. It is an incomplete network diagram

4. What is the closest description of the network diagram above?

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Question 11 of 20

11.

Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 8 days and the pessimistic estimate is 12 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to Beta distribution?

1. 8 days

2. 6.83 days

3. 6.7 days

4. 7 days

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Question 12 of 20

12.

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the critical path is –

1. A-B-C-H

2. A-E-F-H

3. A-E-F-G-H

4. A-D-G-H

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Question 13 of 20

13.

Which of the following statements is true about Critical paths

1. A critical path has the longest duration in the network diagram

2. A critical path will always have zero float

3. The length of the critical path indicates the maximum time that the project can take to complete

4. The Activity on node diagram of a project can have only one critical path

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Question 14 of 20

14.

Which of the following statement is TRUE with respect to the relationship between scope and activity definition

1. WBS is part of scope base line and activities are part of WBS base line.

2. Activity definition and scope base line have no relationship at all

3. Defining activities is a pre-requisite to base lining scope

4. Scope base line is an input to defining activities

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Question 15 of 20

15.

The PERT estimate of duration for a task is 12 days which has an optimistic estimate of 6 days and a most likely estimate of 10 days. What is the pessimistic estimate?

1. 16 days

2. 18 days

3. 26 days

4. 14 days

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Question 16 of 20

16.

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the Early Start and Early Finish for task C are –

1. 11, 16

2. 9, 14

3. 1,7

4. 6, 11

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Question 17 of 20

17.

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the length of the critical path is –

1. 19 days

2. 13 days

3. 18 days

4. 21 days

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Question 18 of 20

18.

In a circus, there is a stunt involving swinging. There are many swingers whose legs are anchored to the swing and their hands are free for stunts. There are free swingers who perform many stunts and swing between these Anchored swingers. One unit of activity of an anchored swinger starts by holding the free swinger, continues with performing the stunts and then finishes with the anchored swinger leaving the contact of free swinger. There is a dependency in this scenario that one anchored swinger can leave the contact of the free swinger only after another anchored swinger holds the free swinger. This dependency between the activities of anchored swingers is of type

1. FS

2. FF

3. SF

4. SS

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Question 19 of 20

19.

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the free float for task D is

1. 8 days

2. 2 days

3. 4 days

4. 6 days

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Question 20 of 20

20.

The outcome of sequence activities is

1. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

2. Project activity diagram

3. Activity list

4. Project network diagram

Question 20 of 20